Department Chairs & APT Committees

MembershipThe chair should ensure the department's appointments, promotion and tenure (APT) committee should consist of at least three senior faculty members with appropriate expertise and experience.

Associate or professorial rank.

Five years or more in the department.

Qualified faculty on all tracks and emeritus professors are eligible.

Department chair is not eligible to sit on the department's committee.

Forming a New Departmental CommitteeAll faculty members must be provided with review and assistance in promotion and tenure. Department chairs can contact Dianne Durham, PhD, Associate Dean, SOM Faculty Affairs and Development for assistance in forming a committee.